Critique about Like Star on Earth

The movie "Like Stars on Earth" is about an eight-year old boy, Ishaan Awasthi, who constantly gets in trouble. He is an introverted little boy who would much rather play with stray dogs than the kids in his neighborhood. He doesn't have the same urgency about life as the other around him does. Not bound by routine he'd happily miss the bus for a few more minutes of sleep full of limitless dreams. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.

It is a movie of a child who is experiencing hardship in his studying. He is considered to have dyslexia but the school haven’t notice his disorder. He had suffered very much. His life before is full of excitement, discovery and curiosity to different things that he see. He is even so imaginative. Even in answering the test he imagines it to know the answer which is not right. Many teacher claims about his attitude in school and that is the reason how he transfer to different school.

His life change and became miserable. He became lonely and never to talk to anyone. I don’t like the way of teaching implemented by the teachers. It made him to have a low self-esteem. He never like to participate in any discussion because he is considered as idiot. I felt sad for him and even tears flowed to my face in the conditioned he had encountered.

But things change because of a new teacher in their school. I like the way Ram Shankar Nikumbh infects the student with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy. Nikumbh tried his best to help this child and retsin his previous lifeand even guide him to accomplish task in his studies.

Over-all this movie was enjoyable as well as possessing an underlying message without getting too preachy. Aamir Khan did a great job, though at times his inclination to shed tears at the drop of a hat was a bit much to take. If he had saved his tears for the emotional ending it would have been that much more impactful. However the moment the father realized how close he had come to losing his son by alienating him was quite powerful. Remaining stoic throughout the movie, his tears were very genuine and managed to elicit empathy from viewers like me.